Paraphrasing Part 1

Paraphrasing: Yes it is important.

Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing Part 1

Open Ended

What is paraphrasing? Explain.

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Multiple Choice

When paraphrasing,

• all of these answers are correct

• the ideas and meaning of the original source must be maintained

• the main ideas need to come through

• the wording must be your own

Multiple Choice

When paraphrasing, in order to avoid plagiarism you must:

• both cite the source and change any words or phrases that match the original too closely.

• change any words or phrases that match the original too closely.

• cite the source

• none of these answer choices are correct

Multiple Choice

Paraphrasing is:

• citing a source accurately

• all of the answer choices

• defining unfamiliar words

• using your own words to express someone else's ideas

Multiple Choice

In paraphrasing, what purpose do citations serve?

• Making it clear that whatever you're saying isn't in your own words.

• Letting people know you know your stuff

• Telling your audience they can ignore part of what you're saying

• Crediting the original source

Multiple Choice

What amount of text can be paraphrased?

• A word

• Even text as long as a paragraph or more can be paraphrased.

• A sentence

• A couple sentences at most

Paraphrasing Part 2

Paraphrasing

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Multiple Choice

Which of these must you remember to do when paraphrasing?

• Italicize the paraphrased information.

• Use the exact same words as your source.

• Cite the source of the information.

• Use quotation marks.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a benefit of paraphrasing?

• Paraphrasing a source lends credibility to your writing.

• You don't have to cite the source when you paraphrase.

• Paraphrasing a source makes your writing longer.

• Paraphrasing is easier than directly quoting a source.

Multiple Choice

How is paraphrasing different from summarizing?

• Paraphrasing rewords a specific piece of information, but summarizing recaps an entire source.

• Paraphrasing is punctuated with quotation marks, but summarizing is not.

• Summarizing rewords a specific piece of information, but paraphrasing recaps an entire source.

• Paraphrasing and summarizing are the same thing.

Multiple Choice

Why is a source important to paraphrasing?

• If you copy the source, you don't have to come up with your own wording.

• The source is where you get your information.

• A source is not needed in order to paraphrase.

• Sources are poems that need to be explained.

Multiple Choice

Which method of paraphrasing is the most acceptable?

• Removing just a few words from the original and keeping the rest.

• Changing the order of words from the original.

• Stating the essential information in a brief way that shows you understand the original.

• Replacing some of the original words with synonyms.

Paraphrasing

Part 3

Paraphrasing

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Open Ended

Paraphrase this sentence:

The Decleration of Independence states that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights."

Multiple Choice

To paraphrase means to use one's own words to report another author's ideas and credit them for the original thought.

A student was asked to paraphrase this passage:

A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

This is the student's paraphrase:

When a ruler's character is so marked by every act characteristic of tyranny, he is unfit to rule a free people.

Did this student create a proper paraphrase of the author's work? Why?

• yes, the student represented the main ideas of the original passage

• yes, the student changed some of the words, leaving the sentences intact

• no, the student did not change the structure of the sentences and only changed a few words

• no, the student did not include the proper quotation marks to indicate the paraphrase

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a helpful way to make sure you're paraphrasing instead of plagiarizing?

• look away from the source text and write your paraphrase on a different piece of paper

• make sure you do not use any words that were in the original quotation

• use quotation marks to signal your paraphrase

• substitute synonyms for key words so the words used will be your own ideas

Multiple Choice

Here is a quotation from the Declaration of Independence: When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government.

Here is a student's attempt to paraphrase the quotation:

Talking about the American colonists, the Declaration of Independence states that after a long series of abuses and usurpations evinced a design to reduce them to absolute despotism, it was their right and their duty to throw off such Government.

Is this a proper paraphrase, or has the student accidentally plagiarized?

• It's not a proper paraphrase: the student has not correctly represented the main idea.

• It is a proper paraphrase.

• It's not a proper paraphrase: the student has only changed a few words without restructuring the sentences.

• It's not a proper paraphrase: it's too short.

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to plagiarize?

• changing the sentence structure of someone else's writing

• using your own words to report another's writing and crediting them for the work

• writing in a style that too closely resembles that of someone else

• trying to pass off another person's exact words or ideas as your own

Multiple Choice

One way to improve skills in paraphrasing is to practice. Which of these demonstrates a helpful way to practice?

• increase the amount of materials you read to expand your vocabulary; use your new words to replace original wording when tasked to paraphrase

• print the original passage leaving space between each sentence to write your paraphrase; carefully inspect the original as you write

• as you are writing, keep reference sources handy so you may look up words to replace the ones you wish to change in your paraphrase

• check your paraphrase by labeling grammatical structures in the original and in your paraphrase, they should be different